Means for binding toes of uppers in lasted position.



A. L. RUSSELL. MEANS FOR BINDING TOES 0F UPPERS IN LASTED POSITION.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1912 1 1245360. Patented Jan.12,1915.

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ARTHUR L. RUSSELL, OF HYDE'PARK, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOEMACHINERY COMPANY, OF PAT'ERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

MEANS FOR BINDING TOES or urrnns IN rlnsrnn POSITION.

PatentedJan. 12, 1915.

Original application filed December 17, 1910, Serial No. 597,851 Dividedand this application filed July 26, 1912. Serial No. 711,647.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. RUssnLL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Hyde Park, in the county ofNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvementsin Means for Binding Toes of Uppers in Lasted Position, of which thefollowing description, in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is aspecification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating likeparts in the several figures. I

This invention relates to the manufacture of boots and shoes andparticularly to means for temporarily securing the shoe upper 1n lastedposition and this application is a division of an application Serial No.597,851, filed Dec. 17, 1910 for improvements in the manufacture ofboots and shoes.

A present general practice is to overwork the upper into lasted positionabout the toe end of the last by wipers that have acting edges shaped toembrace the toe portion of the shoe and lay the upper over the margin ofthe innersole. turn shoes are provided with upstanding lips or otherformations that present a shoulder against which the upper is lasted. Abinder of wire or other continuous material is generally employed tosecure the upper in lasted position by anchoring it at one end to a tackand drawing it tightly about the upper around the toe to bind it againstthe shoulder of the innersole after which it is anchored under tensionto another tack.

An object of the present invention is to provide means with which tobind the toe without the use of anchor tacks and a further object is toimprove the binding of the upper, which frequently slips to some eX-tent under the binding wire, and a further object is to improve thatportion of the lasting which includes the shaping of the upper on themargin of the shoe bottom. I

A very im ortant feature of this invention is found in a self-fasteningbinder. This is herein embodied in a binder of suitable proportionswhich is provided with an adhesive that will enable it to stick to theup er. It will be readily understood that The innersoles of welt andthebinder holds the upper over the end of the toe largely by confining itin overwiped position and that for serving this purpose the binder maybe caused to adhere at its ends only at the sidesof the toe. Preferably,however, the binder will be made adhesive throughout its length and bysticking to the upper it will prevent the upper from slipping under it(at any point. The adhesive used on the binder may be of any suitablekind although it will advantageously be one of the varieties that arenon-sticky while dry and at ordinary temperatures. a

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In. accordance with a further feature of I the invention the binder iscoated with an adhesive that is rendered sticky by heat and thelastingapparatus or other means by the aid of which it is applied mayconveniently include means for heating the binder to cause the adhesiveto stick to the shoe upper. Figure '1 is a'nerspective view of thebinder; Fig. 2 shows the toe portion of a shoe having the upper securedby the binder of this invention.

In'using this binder the toe lasting wipers, not shown, will be used asis customary to work the upper into lasted position and if they areheated they will smoothly iron the upper and heat it to prepare it forthe adhesive binder to stick effectively to it. Then the wipers will bepartially backed. away from the shoulder 32 of the innersole, or fromthe upper 34: which they have pressed against the shoulder, and thestrip or strand 30 of binding material coated with adhesive on its backwill be placed about the toe in the space opened up by backing ofl thewipers. This strip may advantageously be thin fabric or paper renderedstiff by the adhesive and capable of standing on edge with the adhesiveagainst the upstanding again advanced to force the binder into intimatecontact with the upstanding upper and toheat and soften the adhesive tomake it stick. The binder heating means may re main in contact with thebinder for the necessary time to allow the heat to act and then bepreferably partially backed away where the wipers continue to hold theupper from slacking back while the adhesive sets into holding condition.

It is to be understood that while an adhesive-coated binder or itsequivalent i'sused and while the adhesive is preferablyiheated to makeit stick, as herein set forth, this invention is only limited asrequired by the claims when the claims are construed as broadly as theprior art will permit; and furthermore it is understood that whilethebinder is shown as shaped and adapted for the described use in makingwelt or turn shoes, it will, for use in making McKay shoes, be suitablymodified in. shape and adapted within this invention to the conditionsof the work to which it is to be applied.

Theimprovement in methods of ma king shoes herein disclosed is claimedin an application filed concurrently herewith, Ser. No. 711,648, and theimprovement in shoes produced by the use of the invention herein claimedcomprises the subject-matter of application-Ser. No. 802,157, filed Nov.20,1913 as a division of said application Ser. No. 711,648.

Having explained the nature of the 1 presentinvention, I' claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States:

As an article of manufacture a toe binder comprising a long narrow stripor band of continuous material coated on its back with a material thatis normally nonadhesive and is capable of being caused by increase ofheat to soften and to fasten the binder to the overworked upper on themargin ofthe bottom of a lasted shoe and by the reduction of heat tostilfen and prevent the upper from slipping under it at any point.

2. As an article of manufacture a toe binder for use in. securing inlasted position theupper materials around thetoe of a sole or innersole.havingran upstanding lip or shoulder'and comprising along narrow stripor band: ofcont-inuous material adapted to beappliedon edge againsttheupper ma terial lasted against the lip or shoulder of the sole, saidbinder being coated on its back. or the-side which is presented to theupstanding upper with a material that is normally non-adhesive and iscapable of being caused by the action of heat to fasten the binder tothe overworked upper on the margin of the bottomlof a lasted shoe.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTE-URL. RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

JENNIE'P. ANDERSON, MARTHA O. :BOOTHBY.

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